辛苦
xīn kǔ
Pinyin

Definition

辛苦
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xīn kǔ
  1. exhausting
  2. hard
  3. tough
  4. arduous
  5. to work hard
  6. to go to a lot of trouble
  7. hardship(s)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
辛亥
xīn hài
  1. 1 forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031
  2. 2 cf 辛亥革命[Xīn hài Gé mìng], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard

Sample Sentences

我觉得我们公司的员工最近挺辛苦的。
wǒ juéde wǒmen gōngsī de yuángōng zuìjìn tǐng xīnkǔ de 。
I think that our employees have been working really hard recently.
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岂止是辛苦一点，这样连属于自己的时间都没有了。
qǐzhǐ shì xīnkǔ yìdiǎn ，zhèyàng lián shǔyú zìjǐ de shíjiān dōu méiyǒu le 。
It’s not only tough, you barely have time for yourself.
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是辛苦了一点，可是我觉得我们工作氛围很好呀，干劲十足。
shì xīnkǔ le yìdiǎn ，kěshì wǒ juéde wǒmen gōngzuò fēnwéi hěn hǎo ya ，gànjìn shízú 。
It’s a bit tough, but I think we have a good working atmosphere and we’re are very motivated.
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现在最辛苦的就是孙秘书他老婆了，忙工作、忙家里，还得忙着照顾他。
xiànzài zuì xīnkǔ de jiùshì sūn mìshū tā lǎopó le ，máng gōngzuò 、máng jiālǐ ，hái děi máng zhe zhàogu tā 。
Now it's hardest on Mr Sun's wife. She's busy at work, busy at home and also has to look after him.
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也是，我们已经太习惯不假思索地给事物下定义了，因为这样不但可以省去很多论证的辛苦，还可以在言谈间显得有趣又高明。
yě shì ，wǒmen yǐjīng tài xíguàn bùjiǎsīsuǒ de gěi shìwù xià dìngyì le ，yīnwèi zhèyàng bùdàn kěyǐ shěng qù hěn duō lùnzhèng de xīnkǔ ，hái kěyǐ zài yántán jiān xiǎnde yǒuqù yòu gāomíng 。
I guess that's true. We are already too accustomed to giving things a definition without thinking. This not only saves us from the pain of actually having to expound on a point, but it can also make us appear interesting and feel superior in conversation.
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那真是辛苦你了，航空公司有没有什么补偿措施？
nà zhēn shì xīnkǔ nǐ le ，hángkōnggōngsī yǒu méiyǒu shénme bǔcháng cuòshī ？
You've really had a tough time of it. Did the airline give you any form of compensation?
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我认为，莫言生活的那个时代很辛苦，但他总能以一种调侃、自嘲的方式来描述那些苦难，给人一种笑中有泪，泪中有笑的体会。
wǒ rènwéi ，Mòyán shēnghuó de nàge shídài hěn xīnkǔ ，dàn tā zǒng néng yǐ yīzhǒng tiáokǎn 、zìcháo de fāngshì lái miáoshù nàxiē kǔnàn ，gěi rén yīzhǒng xiào zhōng yǒu lèi ，lèi zhōng yǒu xiào de tǐhuì 。
I think, the era in which Mo Yan lived was very difficult, but he is always able to make use of a satiric, self mocking way of describing these difficulties, making people feel melancholy amid laughter and laugh through their tears.
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终于看完了，追剧追得好辛苦啊！
zhōngyú kàn wán le ，zhuī jù zhuī de hǎo xīnkǔ ā ！
You finally finished watching, you really go all out when following a series!
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今天辛苦你了。
jīntiān xīnkǔ nǐ le 。
Thank you for your hard work today.
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不辛苦。
bù xīnkǔ 。
There’s no stress.
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